• Ontong Java is a Polynesian language located on the Ontong Java Atoll (formerly Lord Howe atoll), in Solomon Islands. It has two dialects, Luangiua and...
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    Polynesian community of about 2,400 people, who speak the Ontong Java language. Geographically, Ontong Java belongs to a scattered group of three atolls which...
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    Guinea) Nukumanu (Nukumanu in the east of Papua New Guinea) Ontong Java (or Luangiua; Ontong Java, Solomon Islands) Sikaiana (Sikaiana, Solomon Islands) Pileni...
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  • is a list of endangered languages of Oceania, based on the definitions used by UNESCO. An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling...
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  • States Ontong Java – Luangiua Spoken in: Ontong Java Atoll, Solomon Islands Oʼodham – ʼOʼodham ha-ñeʼokĭ, ʼOʼodham ñiʼokĭ, Oʼodham ñiok Official language in:...
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  • Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family, originating in and native to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the historic native language of the Hawaiian...
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    Futunic languages Pukapuka Ellicean languages Samoic Samoan Tokelauan Ellicean–Outlier Tuvaluan Nukuoro Kapingamarangi Nukuria Takuu Nukumanu Ontong Java Sikaiana...
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    New Ireland island at 682 km (424 mi) to the west. The nearest land is Ontong Java Atoll, located only 38 km (24 mi) to the south of Nukumanu. The border...
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    Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken...
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  • Niuafo’ou Wallisian Ellicean Kapingamarangi Takuu Nukuoro Nukumanu Nukeria Ontong Java Sikaiana Tuvaluan Futunic Anuta East Futuna Futuna–Aniwa Emae Rennell–Bellona...
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    falls within the territory of Solomon Islands and include the atolls of Ontong Java, Sikaiana, the raised coral atolls of Bellona and Rennell, and the volcanic...
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    ([tɛ ɾɛɔ ˈmaːɔɾi]) 'the Māori language', commonly shortened to te reo) is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous...
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  • Samoan, and Ontong Java (after *k > ʔ) Proto-Austronesian is a verb-initial language (including VSO and VOS word orders), as most Formosan languages, all Philippine...
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    Tungaru), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word Kiribati, the current...
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    approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well...
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    Malaita Province (category Articles containing Pijin-language text)
    (also called "Small Malaita" or "Maramasike"), Sikaiana Island, and Ontong Java Atoll. Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomons, including...
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    Oceanic plateau (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
    Cape Verde, and Kerguelen. The three largest plateaus, the Caribbean, Ontong Java, and Mid-Pacific Mountains, are located on thermal swells. Other oceanic...
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    iTaukei is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language. The 2013 Constitution...
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    are: Central Pacific languages Eastern Outer Islands languages Loyalty Islands languages Micronesian languages New Caledonian languages North and Central...
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    cultures is the Solomon Islands, with seven (listed from north to south): Ontong Java (Luangiua), Sikaiana (the Stewart Islands), Vaeakau-Taumako (the Duff...
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  • striking feature of the Marquesan languages is their almost universal replacement of the /r/ or /l/ of other Polynesian languages by a /ʔ/ (glottal stop). Like...
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    seven Polynesian outliers within the Solomon Islands: Anuta, Bellona, Ontong Java, Rennell, Sikaiana, Tikopia, and Vaeakau-Taumako. In the traditional...
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    faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa, pronounced [ŋaˈŋana ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively, the islands...
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  • Pascuan (/ˈpæskjuən/) or Pascuense, is an Eastern Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken on Easter Island, also known as Rapa...
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    over 200 Central–Eastern Oceanic languages form a branch of the Oceanic language family within the Austronesian languages. Traditional classifications have...
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  • e vagahau Niuē) is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages. It is most closely related to Tongan...
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    together with the islands of Choiseul, Santa Isabel, the Shortlands, and Ontong Java, which are all now part of the country of Solomon Islands, formed the...
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    Polynesians (category Articles containing Māori-language text)
    Micronesia Nuguria, Nukumanu and Takuu: Papua New Guinea Anuta, Bellona, Ontong Java, Rennel, Sikaiana, Tikopia and Vaeakau-Taumako: Solomon Islands Emae...
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    Polynesian language closely related to the Ellicean group spoken in Tuvalu. It is more or less distantly related to all other Polynesian languages, such as...
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  • tahiti], part of reo Māʼohi, [ˈreo ˈmaːʔohi], languages of French Polynesia) is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French...
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